Chances (film)

Chances
Newspaper advertisement
Directed byAllan Dwan
Written byWaldemar Young (adaptation)
Screenplay byA. Hamilton Gibbs
Based onChances
1930 novel
by A. Hamilton Gibbs
Produced byFirst National
StarringDouglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Rose Hobart
CinematographyErnest Haller
Edited byRay Curtiss
Music byDavid Mendoza
Oscar Potoker
Distributed byFirst National and Warner Brothers
Release date
  • July 18, 1931 (1931-07-18)
Running time
72 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Chances is a 1931 American pre-Code war drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. It is based on the 1930 novel by A. Hamilton Gibbs.[1]

According to Fairbanks, the film was a hit, although in his autobiography he says it was "good, but not good enough."[2]

  1. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: Chances, afi.com; accessed November 15, 2022.
  2. ^ Bawden, James; Miller, Ron (March 4, 2016). Conversations with Classic Film Stars: Interviews from Hollywood's Golden Era. University Press of Kentucky. p. 98. ISBN 9780813167121.